alright!!! well hello everyone it was hard not being on in almost a month, but im happy with what i got...luckily last time i posted back in april i had left the iso at 100 and got called on it took the criticism as constructive and learned to bump the iso when in low...or in this case no ambient light thanks for all the help and good luck everyone...cant wait to see what this month turns up and ps love the no post idea JC...mikeroch...i hope that when i go to plan my trip to the uk i see that photo in the travel office somewhere...for everyones viewing pleasure here're some of the other ones i took from my most recent of field ventures...

Is RAW conversion allowed? I may have missed this if it appeared somewhere in this thread.

What I mean is converting the RAW image into a JPEG, using only the camera settings which were used to capture the original image (without any alterations whatsoever). I'm asking since I stupidly captured the image in RAW and not JPEG, and to attempt the same capture again would require a 700km trip

This conversion would be on par with the same in-camera process to convert the RAW data into a JPEG, correct?

Is RAW conversion allowed? I may have missed this if it appeared somewhere in this thread.

What I mean is converting the RAW image into a JPEG, using only the camera settings which were used to capture the original image (without any alterations whatsoever). I'm asking since I stupidly captured the image in RAW and not JPEG, and to attempt the same capture again would require a 700km trip

This conversion would be on par with the same in-camera process to convert the RAW data into a JPEG, correct?

So would this be allowed?

Yes, RAW conversion is allowed provided the converter reads and uses the same defaults as are set in the camera. If the image is loaded in your conversion software and you find yourself mousing over towards a control to allow the image to be tweaked then stop before it's too late as such an image would not be eligible. I realise this may be problematic for those with an established workflow, particularly using third party software, but "them's the rules" this month and none of us would want to gain an unfair advantage over those entries which have already been submitted.

Okay, I may have smooched the pooch. My entry was taking forever to download on flickr so I resized it to a smaller size. Do you guys think I should download from the camera and send it back out to flickr and redownload here. (No post processing otherwise.)

_________________Sony Alpha 700, Minolta 70-210 f/4 and some other stuff

Right, that's my submission thrown in to the ring. Have to say, I think the "no post processing" rule has resulted in me getting a better end result by forcing me to THINK and not rely on fixing the image at a later point.